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the defense had real evidence in this case on their side. this jury was not acting in a completely irrational manner. i don't know if they're right or they're wrong, but there was plenty of evidence to conclude that george zimmerman was not guilty. >> in order for this jury to have found george zimmerman not guilty, they had to believe that trayvon martin was an aggressive boy. he was an aggressive person, that he attacked first. and part of i think the reasoning behind why they would believe that narrative is because they were afraid of and they feared that young black boy. and they saw him as an attacker. >> i want to bring in raymond santana. he was one of the new york so-called central park five. he was 14 years all when the five were convicted of a brutal attack on a new york jogger in 1995. the public outcry at the time was enormous. the media used that term "wilding" they called it a wolfpack of young men in the park. there was tremendous pressure to catch whoever did it. raymond santana did not do it but he served 13 years? >> 7 year
the defense had real evidence in this case on their side. this jury was not acting in a completely irrational manner. i don't know if they're right or they're wrong, but there was plenty of evidence to conclude that george zimmerman was not guilty. >> in order for this jury to have found george zimmerman not guilty, they had to believe that trayvon martin was an aggressive boy. he was an aggressive person, that he attacked first. and part of i think the reasoning behind why they would...
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however despite it failing, the overall nearly $600 million defense spending bill did pass. >>> four f-16 fighter jets will not be heading to egypt yet. the pentagon is delaying it as the administration continues after they overthrew president morsi. >>> pope francis, today, meets the poor in rio de janeiro. police are expected to be out in force during this visit. 20% of rio's residents live there. the pope is said to have specifically asked to see one in person during this trip to brazil. >>> tropical storm dorey is the fourth named storm. forecasters are keeping a close watch on it. indra petersons is one of the forecasters. what is the storm headed our way? >> good morning. it's interesting because it's early in the season. there are a lot of things to inhibit its growth. it's a strong, tropical storm. it is trying so hard to hold together. winds moving at 16 miles per hour. it's moving quickly to the west/northwest at 17 miles per hour. let's talk about what is ahead of it in its path. all of this dry air. we are watching all of this. anything up here could weaken the system. th
however despite it failing, the overall nearly $600 million defense spending bill did pass. >>> four f-16 fighter jets will not be heading to egypt yet. the pentagon is delaying it as the administration continues after they overthrew president morsi. >>> pope francis, today, meets the poor in rio de janeiro. police are expected to be out in force during this visit. 20% of rio's residents live there. the pope is said to have specifically asked to see one in person during this...
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. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents an apology because she feels she was forcefully included in his death. this is abc news los angeles. >> you can see more of mady exclusive interview with gma anchor robin roberts on "nightline"tonight at 12:35 and again tomorrow morning on good morning america. >> investigators believe excessive speed was to blame for the train derailment in spain. chilling video shows the train racing around a curve more than double the speed limit. 110 miles an hour. train suddenly jumped the track. 80 people killed. including woman from virginia. train engineer is now under investigation several on line blog say 5
. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents...
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this is not an issue of race, it's an issue of self-defense law. and your hypothetical second situation. god forbid it happens, i hope it doesn't. i hope it doesn't ever happen to anyone. but if they go through that same level of review again, and it's found self-defense, that's the law. >> what is your view of florida's stand your ground law, and indeed a law that many other states have embraced. >> well, the united states did not have a duty to retrieve its laws in most states until the 1920s and 1930s, i think it's important for people to understand that whether we're talking duty to retreat, stand your ground or whatever, that doesn't arise until the lethal physical confrontation already has occurred. mr. zimmerman was not standing his ground. the evidence shows he was laying on the ground and having his head bashed into the concrete. >> i asked you what your view of the stand your ground law was, not george zimmerman. >> the united states did not have a duty retrieve its laws until the 1920s and 1930s, we looked at it extensively, in many cour
this is not an issue of race, it's an issue of self-defense law. and your hypothetical second situation. god forbid it happens, i hope it doesn't. i hope it doesn't ever happen to anyone. but if they go through that same level of review again, and it's found self-defense, that's the law. >> what is your view of florida's stand your ground law, and indeed a law that many other states have embraced. >> well, the united states did not have a duty to retrieve its laws in most states...
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. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents an apology because she feels she was forcefully included in his death. this is abc news los angeles. >> you can see more of mady exclusive interview with gma anchor robin roberts on "nightline"tonight at 12:35 and again tomorrow morning on good morning america. >> investigators believe excessive speed was to blame for the train derailment in spain. chilling video shows the train racing around a curve more than double the speed limit. 110 miles an hour. train suddenly jumped the track. 80 people killed. including woman from virginia. train engineer is now under investigation several on line blog say 5
. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents...
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you know, our red zone, our defense, we looked at that today. it wasn't that good. we gave up a lot of touchdowns. we've got to improve on that. i'm pretty sure there were other yeas that the coach is going to hit on. we'll focus on that going into camp more. >>> of course you would never know, but i don't really see jim harbaugh doing what his brother john did the other day with his team, the ravens. bringing an ice cream truck in to break up the monotony of camp. looks like the guys went full tilt with that. breaking their diets. all around, a pretty good idea. i talked recently, fairly recently to john madden. he said training camp used to be fun. you'd get your work in, but you'd also have fun, that was kind of nice to see. so much of it is business right now. >> looks like that was fun. >> old school. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> the ktvu morning team will have the latest on negotiations to try to avoid a second b.a.r.t. strike. we're always here for you on ktvu.com on twitter, and your mobile device. [ringing] hello. man: this is your
you know, our red zone, our defense, we looked at that today. it wasn't that good. we gave up a lot of touchdowns. we've got to improve on that. i'm pretty sure there were other yeas that the coach is going to hit on. we'll focus on that going into camp more. >>> of course you would never know, but i don't really see jim harbaugh doing what his brother john did the other day with his team, the ravens. bringing an ice cream truck in to break up the monotony of camp. looks like the guys...
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>> yes. >> i'll reference defense 10w. what's that >> that's a chain that's in the room that amanda -- i'm sorry gina dejesus and michele knight shared. >> next one. 10x, what does this photo depict? >> that is a hole through the wall, i believe that were photos on the side of gina and michele's room through theirs running a power cord that's plugged into the other room and the chain. >> now, for that small side room, the 7 x 11 room with the window nailed shut was there any attempt to provide ventilation in that small space? >> there was a small cut out in the ceiling and a box fan in the attic. >> so, the actual plaster was cut away, an opening made and some electrical service to the attic was providing a fan? >> correct. >> next, please. >> showing you states 10y do you recognize what's shown there? >> yes. >> what is it? >> chains. locks. >> do generally where those were found? >> those were found in the upstairs bedrooms. >> next photo. we're now on state's 10z. we're in the basement. what is of significance in this p
>> yes. >> i'll reference defense 10w. what's that >> that's a chain that's in the room that amanda -- i'm sorry gina dejesus and michele knight shared. >> next one. 10x, what does this photo depict? >> that is a hole through the wall, i believe that were photos on the side of gina and michele's room through theirs running a power cord that's plugged into the other room and the chain. >> now, for that small side room, the 7 x 11 room with the window nailed...
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. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents an apology because she feels she was forcefully included in his death. this is abc news los angeles. >> you can see more of mady exclusive interview with gma anchor robin roberts on "nightline"tonight at 12:35 and again tomorrow morning on good morning america. >> investigators believe excessive speed was to blame for the train derailment in spain. chilling video shows the train racing around a curve more than double the speed limit. 110 miles an hour. train suddenly jumped the track. 80 people killed. including woman from virginia. train engineer is now under investigation several on line blog say 5
. >> zimmerman claims he shot trayvon mart 9 self-defense and now in hiding. after protest supporting trayvon sparked nationwide. >> i think if there had been one or even 2 more mady back there, this could have been hung jury. >>reporter: mady says she still wrestles with whether she made the right decision. >> standby the decision because of the law. standby the decision because of my heart, he would have been guilty. >>reporter: mady says she owes martin parents...
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but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if you had not already found, jurors had not already found that trayvon martin was the aggressor basically that. >> couldn't have come up with this verdict. so to me, it's their way of dancing around the fact that they determined that trayvon martin threw the first punch and got george zimmerman down, essentially buying the defense, hook, line and sinker. >> i wish somebody had said what you just said at the trial. maybe the prosecutor. maybe the judge. >> hear hear. >> marcia clark, lisa bloom, faith jenkins, thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up, bill o
but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if...
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that goes to self-defense. the message was always that he was doing his job in his capacity as a night watchman. he stayed on message. as a prosecutor, you are corroborating your evidence, and that is what the message you're sending to the jury. >> we have to break. i want you to stay with us. we are going to look at the case of marissa alexander in florida. we will speak with a protester who is walking with a group of people from jacksonville to stanford. she has met with marissa alexander a number of times and ran to her in jail. she is a woman that was sentenced to 20 years to prison -- she was prosecuted, rather, the same prosecutors as zimmerman. she did not get to stand her ground. she fired into a wall to warn her abusive husband to get away, who had abused her and other women in his life. she did not hurt him but was sentenced to 20 years in prison, which she is serving now. ♪ [music break] >> this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we turn to the growing p
that goes to self-defense. the message was always that he was doing his job in his capacity as a night watchman. he stayed on message. as a prosecutor, you are corroborating your evidence, and that is what the message you're sending to the jury. >> we have to break. i want you to stay with us. we are going to look at the case of marissa alexander in florida. we will speak with a protester who is walking with a group of people from jacksonville to stanford. she has met with marissa...
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you know, our red zone, our defense, we looked at that today. it wasn't that good. we gave up a lot of touchdowns. we've got to improve on that. i'm pretty sure there were other yeas that the coach is going to hit on. we'll focus on that going into camp more. >>> of course you would never know, but i don't really see jim harbaugh doing what his brother john did the other day with his team, the ravens. bringing an ice cream truck in to break up the monotony of camp. looks like the guys went full tilt with that. breaking their diets. all around, a pretty good idea. i talked recently, fairly recently to john madden. he said training camp used to be fun. you'd get your work in, but you'd also have fun, that was kind of nice to see. so much of it is business right now. >> looks like that was fun. >> old school. >>> thank you for making ktvu your choice for news. >> the ktvu morning team will you're on timeout leo! ♪ ♪ some things won't last 25 years. ah! woof. some things will. save up to 20% on an ikea kitchen. today on "tmz." craziest longer the person at the unive
you know, our red zone, our defense, we looked at that today. it wasn't that good. we gave up a lot of touchdowns. we've got to improve on that. i'm pretty sure there were other yeas that the coach is going to hit on. we'll focus on that going into camp more. >>> of course you would never know, but i don't really see jim harbaugh doing what his brother john did the other day with his team, the ravens. bringing an ice cream truck in to break up the monotony of camp. looks like the guys...
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it was whether he was legitimately exercising seventy defense or not. she's not a lawyer. that's not a big, big difference. what i think is important to say just at the outset is that second thoughts by jurors are fairly common, and they have no legal significance. you can't get a verdict set aside. you can't change, you can't get a retrail. nothing can happen as a result of a juror saying i wish i had voted another way. >> benjamin crump, let me play another part of juror b-29's interview with abc. listen to this. >> i know that you've heard some people have said point blank, they have said george zimmerman got away with murder. how do you respond to those people that say that? >> george zimmerman -- that's -- george zimmerman got away with murder, but you can't get away from god, and at the end of the day, he's going to have a lot of questions and answers he has to deal with. the law couldn't prove it, but, you know, you know the world goes in circles. >> benjamin, do your clients, trayvon martin's parents agree with that? >> well, they have always maintained, wolf, that
it was whether he was legitimately exercising seventy defense or not. she's not a lawyer. that's not a big, big difference. what i think is important to say just at the outset is that second thoughts by jurors are fairly common, and they have no legal significance. you can't get a verdict set aside. you can't change, you can't get a retrail. nothing can happen as a result of a juror saying i wish i had voted another way. >> benjamin crump, let me play another part of juror b-29's...
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she used the stand your ground for her defense. joining me is faith gay, one of the attorneys for marisa alexander and previously incorrectly said her mother would be here but you're her attorney not her mother. now what's the latest in marisa's case right now? >> currently it's up on appeal in the first district court of appeal. oral argument hasn't been set yet but there's been full briefing and we're awaiting to hear if there's oral argument before the court of appeals. >> what are the option then that the court of appeals has before them. >> the court has a wide range of options as it always does. it can send the case back for rehearing on the stand your ground defense. it can reverse the jury verdict out right. it can affirm. it can issue a ruling about the sentence. i want has a wide variety of options whether points raised by the appellant or the court itself has its own view of certain issues. >> what do you make of the attention this case is receiving in the wake of the george zimmerman murder trial? downing the comparison
she used the stand your ground for her defense. joining me is faith gay, one of the attorneys for marisa alexander and previously incorrectly said her mother would be here but you're her attorney not her mother. now what's the latest in marisa's case right now? >> currently it's up on appeal in the first district court of appeal. oral argument hasn't been set yet but there's been full briefing and we're awaiting to hear if there's oral argument before the court of appeals. >> what...
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was the jury consultant for the george zimmerman defense team. great to see both of you on the show. and natalie, let me start with you. she said she owes the martin family an apology. i want to get your response to what she said. >> it is hard for me to sleep. hard for me to eat. i feel that i was forcefully included in trayvon martin's death. and i carry him on my back, i'm hurting as much as trayvon martin's mom is. there's no way that any mother should feel that pain. >> what's your reaction? >> well, my reaction is that i feel for her. i do. and i know that she issued an apology to sybrina fulton and i think that's between her and sybrina to talk about, really. i have not spoken to sybrina about that. but you know, it's her decision and she has to live with that. >> barbara, let me tell you what we know that this juror. i want to emphasize, she did choose to show her face but she is going by mady, not giving her full name. she is worried about possible retribution. we know she is 36 years old. she describes herself as puerto rican. she has o
was the jury consultant for the george zimmerman defense team. great to see both of you on the show. and natalie, let me start with you. she said she owes the martin family an apology. i want to get your response to what she said. >> it is hard for me to sleep. hard for me to eat. i feel that i was forcefully included in trayvon martin's death. and i carry him on my back, i'm hurting as much as trayvon martin's mom is. there's no way that any mother should feel that pain. >> what's...
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i've worked with the fbi as a criminal defense lawyer. they always want to talk to my client to get a statement and find out where he was, what he was doing, who he knew. they had the exact opposite. they didn't put him under surveillance and hope for the best. they went out to talk to him. >> greta, you're talking about after he's your client. i'm talking about active investigation going on. when you look at things in the criminal world, it's similar to a terrorist world as far as investigations go. they're out there working these active investigations. they have to look at the entire case. they're not lack of report trying to get a good story. they're going to actually go out and develop the leads and each piece of the pie leads to another piece the pie. >> let me tell you two problems why i'm suspicious of that viewpoint. number one, last september a man from tunisia went into custody in tunisia and the fbi supposedly wanted to talk to him and the report was that the fbi couldn't. the tunisian government wouldn't let that happen. we we
i've worked with the fbi as a criminal defense lawyer. they always want to talk to my client to get a statement and find out where he was, what he was doing, who he knew. they had the exact opposite. they didn't put him under surveillance and hope for the best. they went out to talk to him. >> greta, you're talking about after he's your client. i'm talking about active investigation going on. when you look at things in the criminal world, it's similar to a terrorist world as far as...
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it was self-defense. it makes no sense to us and if you try to divorce yourself of passion, but the prosecutor said it right, you reverse the roles, nobody is going to stay -- this is where i agree with mark. it was jury selection that the case was won or lost, unfortunately, because nobody took the perspective of trayvon martin that he was fighting for his life, that he went to his grave not knowing who was this strange, creepy man following him. >> the jurors near the end of the da liberations asked for clarification on manslaughter and the judge said read the document again. if you want clarification, you got to ask specific questions. the jurors apparently never came back with a specific question and as a result may have been confused. jeffrey, go ahead. >> this under lines a real problem with the legal system, which is that jury instructions as a rule are often incomprehensible to ordinary people. i mean, you read these words, the reasonable, intention, you know, double triple negatives in the same s
it was self-defense. it makes no sense to us and if you try to divorce yourself of passion, but the prosecutor said it right, you reverse the roles, nobody is going to stay -- this is where i agree with mark. it was jury selection that the case was won or lost, unfortunately, because nobody took the perspective of trayvon martin that he was fighting for his life, that he went to his grave not knowing who was this strange, creepy man following him. >> the jurors near the end of the da...
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major of san diego said san diego should pay for his defense. you made him do it, san diego. >> you put that tongue on that woman's cheek. ♪ you made me lick you >> stephanie: ewe. nineteen minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call the political party line now. 1-800-steph-1-2. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're saying. (vo) she's joy behar. >>current will let me say anything. ♪ ♪ you're no good, you're no good, you're no good -- >> announcer: stephanie miller. ♪ you're no good ♪ i'm going to say it again, you're no good, you're no good, you're no good, baby you are no good ♪ >> we need more linda ronstadt. >> stephanie: yeah, why not. 1-800-steph-1-2 the phone number toll free from anywhere. bob filner, san diego mayor -- this is just awesome -- [♪breaking news theme] >> stephanie: he deserves to have the city pay for his defense because he never had proper training. oh, you mean you are
major of san diego said san diego should pay for his defense. you made him do it, san diego. >> you put that tongue on that woman's cheek. ♪ you made me lick you >> stephanie: ewe. nineteen minutes after the hour. right back on the "stephanie miller show." >> announcer: call the political party line now. 1-800-steph-1-2. (vo) she gets the comedians laughing and the thinkers thinking. >>ok, so there's wiggle room in the ten commandments, that's what you're...
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. >> reporter: a very different take today from one of george zimmerman's defense attorneys, who drew special attention to this exchange. >> for myself, he's guilty, because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't find -- you can't say he's guilty. >> defense attorney mark o'mara singling out that response on his blog, to applaud juror b29 for going with her head rather than her heart, saying that was the job of a juror. today, trayvon martin's mom vowing to continue the fight, saying we cannot let this happen to anybody else's child. >> thank you. >>> we do move on to the dramatic images caught on tape, the horrific train crash in spain, and tonight we're hearing from an american passenger describing the moment the train barrelled off the tracks as it collided with that barrier there. tonight, this image, 18-year-old stephen ward from utah being helped at the crash scene. nick schifrin in spain for us again tonight. >> reporter: out of the charred twis
. >> reporter: a very different take today from one of george zimmerman's defense attorneys, who drew special attention to this exchange. >> for myself, he's guilty, because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't find -- you can't say he's guilty. >> defense attorney mark o'mara singling out that response on his blog, to applaud...
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the issue was whether or not it was self-defense or not. and these jurors had that question posed to them. they had the law. fanned they thought there was nord reasonable doubt there this was murder they should have spoken up in the jury room. not weeks later after media attacks their. system we agree to live by. >> laura: i don't like these post-trial interviews, first of afind thee helpful at all. they seem to be a bit self-serving. first of all, murder requires intent. she said well, we couldn't prove intent. but he got away with murder. if you can't prove intent, it's not murder. obviously we have a dead teenager, which is a horrible thing. and a tragic thing. but murder requires certain elements of proof. stacy, you can jump in here. >> sure, yeah. >> laura: for everyone to say ah-ha look this shows you the system is rigged. i don't think it shows that at all. i speak a a former white collar criminal attorney. >> not at all. and justifiable killing is never the equivalent of murder under the law the elephant in this room in this verdic
the issue was whether or not it was self-defense or not. and these jurors had that question posed to them. they had the law. fanned they thought there was nord reasonable doubt there this was murder they should have spoken up in the jury room. not weeks later after media attacks their. system we agree to live by. >> laura: i don't like these post-trial interviews, first of afind thee helpful at all. they seem to be a bit self-serving. first of all, murder requires intent. she said well,...
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but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if you had not already found, jurors had not already found that trayvon martin was the aggressor basically that. >> couldn't have come up with this verdict. so to me, it's their way of dancing around the fact that they determined that trayvon martin threw the first punch and got george zimmerman down, essentially buying the defense, hook, line and sinker. >> i wish somebody had said what you just said at the trial. maybe the prosecutor. maybe the judge. >> hear hear. >> marcia clark, lisa bloom, faith jenkins, thank you for your time tonight. >>> coming up, bill o
but that wasn't the factual pattern asserted by the defense here. it's true that stand your ground legally speaking didn't apply. and even the way the jurors talk about their verdict, it doesn't seem it really applied to them. the funny thing about it is they keep saying the law required us, the law required us. but that's nonsense. the law itself does not require you to do anything. the fact you find require you to do something. and then the facts apply to the law dictate the verdict. but if...
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it was self-defense. it makes no sense to us and if you try to divorce yourself of passion, but the prosecutor said it right, you reverse the roles, nobody is going to stay -- this is where i agree with mark. it was jury selection that the case was won or lost, unfortunately, because nobody took the perspective of trayvon martin that he was fighting for his life, that he went to his grave not knowing who was this strange, creepy man following him. >> the jurors near the end of the dell ratia liberations aske clarification on manslaughter and the judge said read the document again. if you want clarification, you got to ask specific questions. the jurors apparently never came back with a specific question and as a result may have been confused. jeffrey, go ahead. >> this under lines a real problem with the legal system, which is that jury instructions as a rule are often incomprehensible to ordinary people. i mean, you read these words, the reasonable, intention, you know, double triple negatives in the sam
it was self-defense. it makes no sense to us and if you try to divorce yourself of passion, but the prosecutor said it right, you reverse the roles, nobody is going to stay -- this is where i agree with mark. it was jury selection that the case was won or lost, unfortunately, because nobody took the perspective of trayvon martin that he was fighting for his life, that he went to his grave not knowing who was this strange, creepy man following him. >> the jurors near the end of the dell...
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a black teenager shot dead after a white gunman claiming defense opens fire on him and his friends. anderson talks to the dead boy's parents. later, what anthony weiner's sexting partner has to say about the man, what she wants to say to his wife and what the voters have to say about it all. we begin, though, with the zimmerman juror b29, the only nonwhite juror, her name is maddie, the one holdout, at least for a while. she says she owes trayvon martin's family an apology, because she ultimately had no choice but to acquit a man she calls a murderer. she spoke to abc's robin roberts. the interview aired on abc's "world news." >> what was your first vote? >> my first vote was second degree murder. >> second degree murder? >> it was hard. a lot of us wanted to find something bad, something that we could connect to the loss. for myself, he's guilty because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but as the law was read to me, if you have no proof that he killed him intentionally, you can't say he's guilty. >> did you want to step out at all? >> i
a black teenager shot dead after a white gunman claiming defense opens fire on him and his friends. anderson talks to the dead boy's parents. later, what anthony weiner's sexting partner has to say about the man, what she wants to say to his wife and what the voters have to say about it all. we begin, though, with the zimmerman juror b29, the only nonwhite juror, her name is maddie, the one holdout, at least for a while. she says she owes trayvon martin's family an apology, because she...
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defensive tackles, quarterbacks and cornerbacks are all working with united way. for a million little reasons. the kids of our communities. to ensure their academic success, all the way to graduation day. it takes about 12 years to create a graduate. it takes the same time to create a dropout. and the difference between a kid becoming one or the other could be professional athlete. or it could be you. studies show, the earlier we get to kids, the better their chances. so become a united way volunteer reader, tutor or mentor. make a difference in the life of a child. for the life of that child. give. advocate. volunteer. live. united. join your favorite nfl players. take the pledge. go to unitedway.org. >> live from the kgo-tv broadcast center this is abc7 news. >> good thursday morning. thanks for joining us. >> first up, mike nicco is looking at our forecast. are things changing, sirst. >> a little bit. it is clearer this morning than yesterday morning. the clouds are arriving on schedule and will come back in a few hours. we will look at what will happen this af
defensive tackles, quarterbacks and cornerbacks are all working with united way. for a million little reasons. the kids of our communities. to ensure their academic success, all the way to graduation day. it takes about 12 years to create a graduate. it takes the same time to create a dropout. and the difference between a kid becoming one or the other could be professional athlete. or it could be you. studies show, the earlier we get to kids, the better their chances. so become a united way...
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so she believes self-defense, she would have told us that. she is using the law as a scapegoat right now for not owning up to not finding the verdict that she was intending to find. >> or did she not understand the law? >> well, this is the thing. you have people who are lay people, right, who don't understand the law, who the instructions given to them by the judge, and i have to also fault the prosecution. the smartest thing mark o'mara ever did is bring up that chart. >> the thermostat? >> the thermostat that was highly influential obviously among these jurors. and i do have to question also whether b37, because this is why you don't want lawyers' wives on. she probably had undue influence too. my husband is a lawyer there are all these things that could have gone on in that jury room. the bottom line is whether the judge instructed them properly on the law. whether the prosecution properly explained the law. clearly this juror feels she rendered a verdict that went about her gut instinct and her belief about what it should have been. >> b
so she believes self-defense, she would have told us that. she is using the law as a scapegoat right now for not owning up to not finding the verdict that she was intending to find. >> or did she not understand the law? >> well, this is the thing. you have people who are lay people, right, who don't understand the law, who the instructions given to them by the judge, and i have to also fault the prosecution. the smartest thing mark o'mara ever did is bring up that chart. >>...
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she doesn't really address anything about self-defense. during jury selection, she did not say she was puerto rican. it did not come up. i don't believe in the questionnaire that she said that because the prosecutor said black and/or hispanic. i was in jury selection every day of it and they were five puerto ricans, one after another, who said they were from port rico, they said in our culture, we do not believe in self-defense, thou shall not kill and if someone defends themselves, that's murder. >> mark, i know you don't get to be in the jury room as a lawyer but what do you think wept nt on those two days to the point where she wanted to convicted for second degree murder and to the point where she believed he was not guilty? >> these are very common dynami dynamics. this is the jury system at work. it happens really in almost every case. rare is it that you have a case where a jury comes back in five or ten or 30 minutes or even an hour. it usually requires everybody analyzing the evidence that came in, going back and forth, comparing
she doesn't really address anything about self-defense. during jury selection, she did not say she was puerto rican. it did not come up. i don't believe in the questionnaire that she said that because the prosecutor said black and/or hispanic. i was in jury selection every day of it and they were five puerto ricans, one after another, who said they were from port rico, they said in our culture, we do not believe in self-defense, thou shall not kill and if someone defends themselves, that's...
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on behalf of the defense, any objection? >> no, your honor, no objection. [ inaudible ]. >> that motion to aemmend for count 977 is granted. mr. castro, you have received your glasses now. is it better? >> yes, it is. >> thank you. all right. i want to talk with the parties about the discovery process. on behalf of the defense in case 574231 demand for discovery was made and posted on june 14th of this year. since that time, discovery has been ongoing and now there's a second days case but the state has provided discovery equally for both cases under the one case number. is that correct? >> yes, your honor. >> yes, your honor. >> all right. so under -- >> i will provide our service copy. >> under criminal rule 16b, there has been a written demand so the prosecutor was obligated to provide copies of photographers or prevent counsel for the defense to copy or photograph items that were material to the defense that are related to the case or are intended to be used by the prosecutor as evidence at trial, or it belonged to the d
on behalf of the defense, any objection? >> no, your honor, no objection. [ inaudible ]. >> that motion to aemmend for count 977 is granted. mr. castro, you have received your glasses now. is it better? >> yes, it is. >> thank you. all right. i want to talk with the parties about the discovery process. on behalf of the defense in case 574231 demand for discovery was made and posted on june 14th of this year. since that time, discovery has been ongoing and now there's a...
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impossible how the lies would have been connected to him lying about self-defense. that is the big failure here. ultimately i think even the jurors are coming out now to say we feel that the justice system failed us. i think the subtext of what they are saying is we didn't really like being a part of this. we don't feel good about our verdict. we did what we swore we would do but we don't like it. we feel an injustice was done and we hope god rectifies him. >> that was something you heard from both jurors they do not like having to do what they did. thank you both for your time. this is something we could talk so much more before but unfortunately we are out of time. i should note that george zimmerman has sued nbc universal for dep deaf medication. the company has strongly denied his allegation. >>> the big question. we want your reaction after hearing b-29 juror's interview. tell us what you think. >>> from newtown to aurora to the streets of chicago, gun violence has become a tragic reality in this country. while congress looks for consensus how to tackle the pro
impossible how the lies would have been connected to him lying about self-defense. that is the big failure here. ultimately i think even the jurors are coming out now to say we feel that the justice system failed us. i think the subtext of what they are saying is we didn't really like being a part of this. we don't feel good about our verdict. we did what we swore we would do but we don't like it. we feel an injustice was done and we hope god rectifies him. >> that was something you heard...
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hasan's case. >> bill: sure. >> giving him defense even though he says he is representing himself and giving him all of the experts that he needs. and by the way, the military justice system, this crime happened in 2009. what are we waiting for? >> bill: guantanamo bay people have been there and nobody is on trial because they don't want to try them. >> exactly. >> bill: hasan, they just delay it just like the civil justice system as well. you say they have put $4 million. >> $4 million in addition to 300,000. >> bill: do they have any money left over to execute him? i mean, are they going to have to borrow that money? because is he going. you know he is going. >> he is definitely going. here's the thing, besides executing him and he deserves to be executed, that's just my opinion. >> bill: um-huh. >> what about all of the victims because the military will not identify this as an act of terrorism, instead, it's work place violence. >> bill: 4 million wasted. you have to go through the justice system. >> i get that but the 300,000? >> bill: all right. there is the judge, everyone. buy
hasan's case. >> bill: sure. >> giving him defense even though he says he is representing himself and giving him all of the experts that he needs. and by the way, the military justice system, this crime happened in 2009. what are we waiting for? >> bill: guantanamo bay people have been there and nobody is on trial because they don't want to try them. >> exactly. >> bill: hasan, they just delay it just like the civil justice system as well. you say they have put $4...
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defense attorneys are set to present their closing arg umgt tomorrow. they deny that bradley manning aided the enemy because they say there is no evidence that he knew al qaeda militants ever looked at wikileaks. bradley manning did not take the stand in his own defense. >>> peter ducy is live at fort meade maryland for us. peter? >> shepard, prosecutors hammering home that this private with access to so many secrets wanted the spotlight to himself and prosecutors argue that's the process behind his decision that led him to leak 7,000 classified files. also reminding the court that just before his death, osama bin laden was seeking manning's leaked files and say since manning was such a talented analyst, he knew that was a possibility. saying, quote, this act resulted in unfettered access to enemies of the united states. an outcome all too clear to him because of his training. the defense has argued all along that manning took great care not to leak any documents that could harm the united states. his defense team will begin closing argument tomorrow mo
defense attorneys are set to present their closing arg umgt tomorrow. they deny that bradley manning aided the enemy because they say there is no evidence that he knew al qaeda militants ever looked at wikileaks. bradley manning did not take the stand in his own defense. >>> peter ducy is live at fort meade maryland for us. peter? >> shepard, prosecutors hammering home that this private with access to so many secrets wanted the spotlight to himself and prosecutors argue that's...
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joining me now is criminal defense attorney. good morning and welcome to you, sema. she seems to be going over the same thing again. let's play another clip. >> for myself, he's guilty. because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but we couldn't prove that intentionally he killed him. >> i know i went the right way because the law, the way it was followed is the way i went. but tpeultd have used my heart i probably would have went hung jury. >> so for some that's going to seem very contradictory. interpret what she's saying. do you agree there's a difference between what your heart wants and what the law tells you to do. >> i think there's no polygraph in that jury room so go with your heart. no one would have challenged her verdict. i don't understand why she chose, and i say chose, to interpret the law the way she has been doing. right now this interview that she's giving is just to essuage the public and the parents and justify this contradictory verdict, as you say. she makes very confounding statements, right? she says i
joining me now is criminal defense attorney. good morning and welcome to you, sema. she seems to be going over the same thing again. let's play another clip. >> for myself, he's guilty. because the evidence shows he's guilty. >> he's guilty of? >> killing trayvon martin. but we couldn't prove that intentionally he killed him. >> i know i went the right way because the law, the way it was followed is the way i went. but tpeultd have used my heart i probably would have...
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john: and that is why you have a problem here. [ cheers and applause ] unless, unless, unless in his defense, unless what you said "i feel like a different person" you meant from my wife. i feel like having a different person from the one you see forcing a smile next to me in this photograph. so the disgusting details of this story are a problem for weiner, but they're also a problem for the newsies trying to cover them. >> most of the exchange is too graphic for network television. >> john: you're right. but here's the thing. we're not on network television. [ cheers and applause ] this is basic cable, my friends. and sure we may be bleepd but we will not be embarrassed or silenced. what i'm actually allowed to read these exchanges i'm not physically able to do it. they're just too revolting which is why we have a special computer text-to-voice machine. the pervert-tron5000. read the first upsetting text message. >> i start to [bleep] so hard. your [bleep] almost hit you in the face. >> john: how is is that even sexy? that's a fundamental lack of understanding of what breasts can do. then i
john: and that is why you have a problem here. [ cheers and applause ] unless, unless, unless in his defense, unless what you said "i feel like a different person" you meant from my wife. i feel like having a different person from the one you see forcing a smile next to me in this photograph. so the disgusting details of this story are a problem for weiner, but they're also a problem for the newsies trying to cover them. >> most of the exchange is too graphic for network...
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defense contractors. if the u.s. decided and the white house decided to cancel the contracts all together it would have a boom rang effect if not on the entire u.s. economy certainly with with u.s. defense contractors who are counting on the money and invested a lot of it. so members of congress and the white house have taken that into account before they think about canceling major contracts that a lot of u.s. jobs are relying on. >> thank you very much, jessica yellin. >>> still to come, ariel castro was back in court, the man who held three women captive allegedly for more than a decade may cut a deal. those women may also have to testify. they are next. plus the latest in the anthony weiner saga. the identity of the latest online. one hesitates to use the word if you read the lewd messages that he was sending her. >>> and then the pope visits brazil. why authorities raised security to the highest possible level. >>> and the week after the "rolling stone" controversial cover when dzhokhar tsarnaev was put on the c
defense contractors. if the u.s. decided and the white house decided to cancel the contracts all together it would have a boom rang effect if not on the entire u.s. economy certainly with with u.s. defense contractors who are counting on the money and invested a lot of it. so members of congress and the white house have taken that into account before they think about canceling major contracts that a lot of u.s. jobs are relying on. >> thank you very much, jessica yellin. >>>...
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his defense attorneys. ariel castro's attorneys are arguing that the public doesn't, should not see terrible pictures from inside of his house. should not hear exactly what happened to these women because it will cause them lasting damage. the prosecution, on the other hand, the state of ohio, wants people to hear these things. for what purpose, though? i'm struggling. >> i think what the prosecution is really trying to do here is expose the horrendous nature of these crimes for the world to see. this community, the nation has been riveted by this, how did this happen. what exactly happened and he is also trying to justify this sentence recommendation of life without parole plus 1,000 years. making the record and giving it the public airing. >> on the stand right now, officer johnson. one of the first officers on the scene when the women were rescued. let's listen. >> when you went into the house. >> i heard the call come over amanda berry escaped from that residence. i went to assist the officers. upon my
his defense attorneys. ariel castro's attorneys are arguing that the public doesn't, should not see terrible pictures from inside of his house. should not hear exactly what happened to these women because it will cause them lasting damage. the prosecution, on the other hand, the state of ohio, wants people to hear these things. for what purpose, though? i'm struggling. >> i think what the prosecution is really trying to do here is expose the horrendous nature of these crimes for the world...
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. >> zimmerman hasn't been in contact with his defense team. david mattingly covered the trial. what was george zimmerman doing in texas? >> we talked to people closest to him and they are not saying at all. they are pointing out security reasons for that. we got a statement from his family a short time ago and it reads our family received death threats on a daily basis. we continue to take our security and privacy very seriously and go to great lengths to ensure our safety and that includes not talking to people about where george zimmerman is. we also received a tweet from his defense team talking about this saying we won't make comments about zimmerman's whereabouts. zimmerman himself was somewhat vague today in talking to the police officer. you can hear some of that exchange on the police video. the officer asked him where he was headed to and zimmerman would not give him a firm answer. security clearly on everyone's mind here for george zimmerman's whereabouts. >> a lot of people obviously as you say might be shocked to know george zimmerman is traveling with a gun. you ha
. >> zimmerman hasn't been in contact with his defense team. david mattingly covered the trial. what was george zimmerman doing in texas? >> we talked to people closest to him and they are not saying at all. they are pointing out security reasons for that. we got a statement from his family a short time ago and it reads our family received death threats on a daily basis. we continue to take our security and privacy very seriously and go to great lengths to ensure our safety and that...
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i think that the defense did a good job of telling them what they believe the law meant. the prosecution maybe could have given this juror, b-29 a little more ammunition to go back in that jury room and argue for her position and why her position was supported by the law. >> i don't think they did that. >> does it surprise you she was able to be convinced? that's a unique part of a jury. i was part of a jury for two days, but the prospect of all 12 of us coming to an agreement it was very stressful and people pushed. do do you think she was pushed? >> i think that happened. i think that's a possibility. when you're the sole juror back there holding this position that nobody else has and you don't really feel your equipped to argue your position effectively it is be isolating. they were sequestered. the world is watching. i'm sure she felt like i'm trapped. i don't know how to get the other side to agree to my position and i've got to do something and she may be been bullied or pressured down but that's not uncommon during jury deliberations. >> thanks so much. >> thank yo
i think that the defense did a good job of telling them what they believe the law meant. the prosecution maybe could have given this juror, b-29 a little more ammunition to go back in that jury room and argue for her position and why her position was supported by the law. >> i don't think they did that. >> does it surprise you she was able to be convinced? that's a unique part of a jury. i was part of a jury for two days, but the prospect of all 12 of us coming to an agreement it...
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one of the defense attorneys added, "you can't pick or choose who's going to benefit from a law." advocates of stand your ground tend to argue the law increases public safety, but when the courts are saying it creates a wild west, acknowledging that fact as they set killers free, it's hard to take the notion of public safety seriously. the verdict in the george zimmerman trial two weeks ago might be the most high-profile example of stand your ground's unintended consequences, but it is just one of many in the eight years since then-governor jeb bush signed stand your ground into law. 13 days ago in the wake of the zimmerman verdict, a group of protesters marched into the florida state capitol, to the reception area outside governor rick scott's office. the latest sheriff of florida's wild west and those prosecutors haven't left -- and those protesters haven't left since. first they said they wanted to meet with the governor, and it actually happened. after a few days of staying away from his office, governor scott held a meeting with a protester. the group, which calls itself the
one of the defense attorneys added, "you can't pick or choose who's going to benefit from a law." advocates of stand your ground tend to argue the law increases public safety, but when the courts are saying it creates a wild west, acknowledging that fact as they set killers free, it's hard to take the notion of public safety seriously. the verdict in the george zimmerman trial two weeks ago might be the most high-profile example of stand your ground's unintended consequences, but it...
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we're joined by defense attorney mark o'mara. thanks for coming in. >> certainly. >> before we get to the cancellation, do you have an immediate reaction to what trayvon martin's dad said here in washington today? >> look. i don't think it's my place to define who trayvon martin was. we were very careful during the trial not to impugn trayvon martin's integrity. quite honestly, if the foundation of the family wants to remember him in a certain way, they're entitled to it and they should. my only concern was trying to define who george zimmerman was and the fact that he reacted to violence that he had to react to that night only as a last resort. >> let's talk about the news conference today. all of a sudden it was canceled. the family that george zimmerman helped, didn't want to go forward at the news con frechbls i know you were involved in getting that together. what happened? >> well, unfortunately, you know, an event happened last week where jourj did what any good samaritan was. he was right there pulling out the two kids an
we're joined by defense attorney mark o'mara. thanks for coming in. >> certainly. >> before we get to the cancellation, do you have an immediate reaction to what trayvon martin's dad said here in washington today? >> look. i don't think it's my place to define who trayvon martin was. we were very careful during the trial not to impugn trayvon martin's integrity. quite honestly, if the foundation of the family wants to remember him in a certain way, they're entitled to it and...
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defense was in a difficult position. they had to argue something and i respect them. another question? >> not working today. can you give us the dialogue going in there? why did she want to be there today? >> who would like to speak to that? erin, you're the most familiar with it. >> i think that you got a glimpse of a young woman that was taken 11 years ago and today was her first day of real liberation. she was able to confront the person who harmed her for 11 years and she was able to tell you who she was and the pain and the angst that she suffered for 13,226 days. i think you all got a good feeling when she got done speaking because she will survive but she has gone through a lot of physical and emotional pain throughout the 11 years. >> did you talk to her afterwards? what did she have to say about his remarks? >> no. she was taken away by her attorney and the victim's advocate. i think those are going to be only known to her unless she wishes to share them with the media, but i think she was very relieved when mr. mcginty sent the officers out to talk to them a
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san diego city council has denied funds for philner's legal defense. in all, eight women have come forward to accuse the mayor. >>> the finally has a new director after seven years, the senate confirming todd jones yesterday by a 53-42 vote for the atf. it wasn't easy, however, a lone holdout initially refused to vote to end a filibuster of the nomination. after a whole lot of pressure, she gave in, allowed the vote to happen and jones was confirmed. >>> five years ago, they fought a bitter battle for the white house it was pretty clear back then in john mccain and president obama didn't like one another. fast forward to 2013, suddenly they're getting quite chummy. here's dana bash. >> reporter: only few months ago you couldn't turn on the tv without seeing john mccain railing against president obama. >> this president and this administration has either been guilty of colossal imcompetence or engaged in a cover-up. >> reporter: but now, a 180. >> i think there is a more of a desire to work together. >> reporter: suddenly mccain is obama's go-to guy to
san diego city council has denied funds for philner's legal defense. in all, eight women have come forward to accuse the mayor. >>> the finally has a new director after seven years, the senate confirming todd jones yesterday by a 53-42 vote for the atf. it wasn't easy, however, a lone holdout initially refused to vote to end a filibuster of the nomination. after a whole lot of pressure, she gave in, allowed the vote to happen and jones was confirmed. >>> five years ago, they...